personally, I don't like the black outline you have, I think borders should be simple and crisp. most often, I've seen black or white. if there is a black outline immediately framing the image it should only appear in photos accompany an article otherwise it should be done in such a way ([link]) ([link])

P.S. Lloyd linked me to this, she has quite a nice set of photos. [link]

also, think about photoshopping your images to enhance/adjust them; unless you're a purist and think images should be as they are taken.

he is probably going to end up telling you eventually when you start talking about things measuring 8mm. anyway, he loves this podcast called 'This Week in Photography' (TWiP), they've got a website and a group on flickr; anyway they have videos about photoshop. otherwise google photoshop tutorials.